Gamaliel Rodriguez

Born in 1980 in Puerto Rico
Lives and works in Puerto Rico

“I am an artist who focuses in the studies of social-realism and the actual events; wars, consumerism, worldwide politics, and the global environment. I am constantly studying the conditions of social-realism in terms of how it affects us as individuals or as a society and how we react to these issues. My ideas are based on the concepts of re- appropriation, re-interpretation and deconstruction of messages based on Roland Barthes and his analysis of Semiotic.

My work explores the aesthetic and the visual quality created by drawing with Ballpoint pen to present a style that conceive a reference between old illustrations and printmaking, which evokes architectural plans or it was taken by referential books”.

Exhibitions
2011 – DA2 Domus Artium 2002 Salamanca (Group show) Upcoming – Spain.
2011 –  The Drawing Room Biennial Fundraiser 2011 – The Drawing Room. London.
2011 – The End of History… and The Return of History Painting – Museum voor Moderne Kunst Arnhem (MMKA). Arnhem, The Netherlands.
2011 – ARCO 30 Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo – Madrid. Spain
2010 – PINTA London. The Modern & Contemporary Latin American Art Show.
2010 – Pinta Art Projects curated by Pablo Leon de la Barra – London, England.
2010 – ZONA MACO. Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo Mexico – Mexico, D.F
2009 – The Concepts of fuel and full. Solo show – Galería Espacio Mínimo. Madrid.Spain.
2010 – SOLO Projects – CIRCA Puerto Rico’09. The International Art Fair Caribbean San Juan Pueto Rico.
2009 – Bad Moon Rising 3.9 – Curated by María Elena Ortiz-Romero. Email based Exhibition based in San Francisco, California.
2009 – NOSTÀLGIA DE FUTUR. HOMENATGE A RENAU – Centre del Carme, Valencia. España.
2008 – The Artists Space Daily online project based by the Artist Space – New York. Curated by Joseph del Pesco.
2008 –  En sus marcas… – Show of contemporary puertorrican painters. Curated by Rebecca Noriega- Costas. Sala de las Artes – Universidad del Sagrado Corazón. San Juan, Puerto Rico.
2008 – Papel/ciudad: escenas citadinas, relatos verídicos y fantásticos – Museo de Arte de Caguas. Caguas, Puerto Rico.
2008 – Event Horizon – curated by Jennifer Schmidt the Project Space Gallery, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA.
2007 – VI Salon del Dibujo – Museo del Dibujo Contemporaneo. Museum of Modern Art Santo Domingo. Dominican Republic.
2007 – Political & Poetical – 14th Tallinn Print Triennial. Kumu Kunstimuuseum. Tallinn, Estonia.
2007 – SCOPE BASEL 07 – the first SCOPE Basel Contemporary art fair. Special project invitation. Basel, Switzerland.
2007 –   Copy / Paste – Solo show at The Storehouse Group – La Casa del Arte. San Juan, Puerto Rico.
2007 – The Dams 2. The International Contemporary group show – Sala de las Artes. Universidad del Sagrado Corazon. San Juan, Puerto Rico.
2007 – From my Position – Solo Show at Sandbekkstua arranged by Rӕlingen Arts Society (Rӕlingen Kunstforening) Rӕlingen, Norway.
2007 – ART LOS ANGELES. The New Los Angeles International Contemporary Art Fair – Los Ángeles, California. USA.
2006 – PHOTO MIAMI 06. The International Contemporary Art Fair for Photo – Based Art, Video & New Media – (Special project ) Miami.Florida USA.
2006 –  Muestra Nacional de Artes Plásticas 2005-2006 – Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña. National Selected Group Show , San Juan Puerto Rico.
2006 – CIRCA Puerto Rico ’06. The First International Art Fair in the Caribbean San Juan Pueto Rico.
2006 –  “Polverio – Collective” – An emerging artist group show at Luis Munos Rivera Park. San Juan, Puerto Rico.
2006 –  La Gran Feria de Marzo Group Show at =DESTO – A Projects Art Space, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2005 – Latitude: MA final Show -University for the Creative Arts. Kent, England.